“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” -Joseph Campbell
Lake photos, 4/21/12 – set 2
Wedding Commission, etc.
This is a commission of Comme in Melbourne, Australia, for a couple who got married there. Also working more on the food truck logo today, doing some more printing, packaging, planning, etc..
And.. all my hoopla about the meteor shower last Sunday morning before dawn– I fell back asleep after waking up to do some computer work, and woke up once more drearily to the sound of gusty wind and decided that I would be much more cozy under my blankets in bed. I’ve proven to be a total wimp… but I’m alright with that. I stayed warm.
Music: Emmylou Harris – Save The Last Dance For Me
Baby Robins
While staying in my old bedroom at my mom’s house over the weekend, I heard a bunch of chirping out the window and discovered this nest of baby robins in the pine tree right outside. (I have to note that this pine tree was my grandma’s christmas tree when she was a child –she grew up in the same house– and it now towers over the house). I was taken back to when I arrived in Kansas in 2009 — I was staying in this room and about a week after I arrived I found that there was a nest right outside my window. I got to watch the entire process from egg-laying until they flew the coop, and I documented the whole thing on camera. I blogged about it a few times and you can find a post HERE (with links to related posts within).
Photos from the lake, 4/21/12 (Set 1..)
Lakeside
I put my work on hold and spent part of Saturday watching my family *try to* catch fish and roaming around the lake with my camera. I’ll be spending the last dark hours of early Sunday morning outdoors as well watching the lyrids meteor shower from a so-far clear, moonless sky. I left my tripod at home and instead bought a reclining lawn chair so I wouldn’t be tempted to try to catch any meteors on camera (the excitement of it is akin to catching a fish, I suppose.. Except I don’t have a worm to attract them). Instead I’ll just be spectating. More lake photos to come..
Music: S&G – Kathy’s Song
Little Owl in a Rice Bowl
2.5 x 4 inch paper cutting.
Instructions (a poem)
I read the following poem this morning on Jorma Kaukonen’s blog Cracks In The Finish and thought I’d like to share it here.
Instructions
Give up the world; give up self; finally, give up God.
Find god in rhododendrons and rocks,
passers-by, your cat.
Pare your beliefs, your absolutes.
Make it simple; make it clean.
No carry-on luggage allowed.
Examine all you have
with a loving and critical eye, then
throw away some more.
Repeat. Repeat.
Keep this and only this:
what your heart beats loudly for
what feels heavy and full in your gut.
There will only be one or two
things you will keep,
and they will fit lightly
in your pocket.
-Sheri Hostetler, from A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry